Rex House
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Rex House | |
 Rex House, November 2011 | |
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| Location | North Market Street, Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′53″N 76°17′36″W / 40.29806°N 76.29333°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1729 |
| Architectural style | Half-timbered |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003551[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 11, 1980 |
The Rex House, also known as the Gemberling-Rex House, is an historic home that is located in Schaefferstown in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Built in 1729 by early Pennsylvania German settlers, his structure is a 2+1⁄2-story, half timbered residence with originally scored plaster exterior and, currently, a horizontal wooden siding and a gable roof. It measures thirty-two feet by twelve feet and has gable end brick chimneys. Also on the property are a contributing smoke house, bake oven, stone foundation of a barn and outhouse and cistern.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
